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Re: ABOVE.NET SECURITY TRUTHS?


From: Deepak Jain <deepak () ai net>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:15:43 -0400 (EDT)



This statement is a litle too broad. I would contest that the design of,
say, FreeBSD's /dev/random permits sufficient entropy collection to
usefully initialise a strong hashing algorithm with a non-predictable
vector. 

Okay, you know where I was going. Simple question - where are you
finding entropy in a FreeBSD machine? (sufficient being a very relative
term)

Not intending to scare anyone. 

Deepak Jain
AiNET




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